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After a long wait , MultiVersusrelaunches next week . I was able-bodied to go hand - on with this rework reading of the biz early on , and I also get the scoop on how its latest fighter , horror iconJason Voorhees , was reimagined for the relaunch .
Jason Voorhees is the killer from Friday the 13th , a series of revulsion films that are certainly much more grisly than any other property included in Player First Games ’ and WB Games ’ fight down game , evenGame of Thrones . That did n’t stop the developer from see a way to make such an oddball character choice study and do two things Design Director Daniel Kraft opine allMultiVersuscharacters should do : pack in references and “ discover the soul of the character in these amazing informatics . ” It all start with research .
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“ There ’s always someone on the team who ’s a superfan of whatever character or phase it is that we ’re working on , so we always lean into those somebody to make certain that we get the most unquestionable feel for the character , ” Kraft tells Digital Trends . “ For Jason , we had a passel of horror movie fans , and they had some very specific requests that we tried to get into the biz . ”
A speedy depth psychology of Jason ’s moveset render that fandom . He ’s a bulky tank character whose central car-mechanic is building up “ gray-haired health ” that he can use to ingest wrong and preclude him from getting knocked back while charging up knock-down attacks . It ’s a clever way to adapt a hulking slasher baddie like Jason into a multiplayer - minded fighting game like this .
“ We always start with the role first . Whatever information processing we get , we need to check that that how they act feels how you would expect that character to play , ” Kraft says of design Jason ’s moveset . “ Jason ’s an undying juggernaut that ca n’t be stop , so we wanted to convey that identity of how you sense when you ’re watching the film to him . ”
His moves are full of easter eggs ; the memorablefolding bedmurder fromFreddy vs. Jasonandsleeping suitcase killfromFriday the thirteenth Part VII : The New Bloodare both attacks here . at long last , Jason is quickly cement himself as my preferred fictional character inMultiVersusbecause of how well Player First Games adapted him . It also prefigure well for the developer ’s prowess in bringing other alive - action fiber toMultiVersus .
“ We are trying to bring Jason to a more lighthearted game , and I think we did a great job with that , ” Kraft arrogate . “ He fit out flop in , but you still see him as Jason and he still feels very menacing , but in a way that fits with our nontextual matter way . Live - activity characters are always interesting to bring in next to cartoon type , but we ’ve done that already with Arya ( Stark , fromGame of Thrones ) , and Jason was the next step . ”
Jason Voorhees is n’t the only novel character to expect fromMultiVersus . On May 28 , Banana Guard fromAdventure Timeand DC Comics ’ The Joker will also be in the game , while Agent Smith of The Matrix will arrive presently after . MultiVersusrelaunches for PC , PlayStation 4 , PS5 , Xbox One , and Xbox Series X / S on May 28 .
